Email: carrie-peffley@bethel.edu
Job Title
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Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Philosophy, College of Arts and Sciences
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Peffley is completing a Ph.D. dissertation on 13th century metaphysics at the University of Cambridge. Her area of specialization is in medieval philosophy (Latin and Arabic) and she has written on Neo-Platonism, the Neo-Aristotelian tradition, al-Farabi, Aquinas, and Nominalism. Her interests also include medieval and contemporary ethics, as well as the relationship between philosophy and theology.
Started at Bethel
2007
Education
- Bethel College - B.A., 2002
- Marquette University - M.A., 2004
- Cambridge University - M.Phil., 2006
Biography
I first became interested in philosophy after taking a World Literature course in my high school. So I was one of those weirdos who actually entered the university as a philosophy major. As an undergraduate at Bethel, I was quickly drawn to the medieval period of philosophy, due to its focus on the relationship between faith and reason. And as I furthered my study in graduate school, I continued to focus on medieval philosophy and metaphysics. And at Cambridge, I was happily able to focus on two other interests: listening to good Renaissance choral music and European traveling.
Areas of expertise
Peffley is completing a Ph.D. dissertation on 13th century metaphysics at the University of Cambridge. Her area of specialization is in medieval philosophy (Latin and Arabic) and she has written on Neo-Platonism, the Neo-Aristotelian tradition, al-Farabi, Aquinas, and Nominalism. Her interests also include medieval and contemporary ethics, as well as the relationship between philosophy and theology.